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ANIMAL WELFARE DIVISION
1. Shri R. R. Rashmi
Addl. Secretary (9910195285)
Email: [email protected]
2. Shri Anil Sant
Jt. Secretary (9415201919)
Email:- [email protected]
3. Mrs. Bharati
Director (9999892836)
Email: [email protected]
4. Shri R.S. Negi
Under Secretary (09560679366)
5. Shri Mahendra Yadav Under Secretary (9810784031)
6. Smt. Bimla Chauhan Section officer (9873152452)
ANIMAL WELFARE DIVISION
Mandate: to prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on
animals, in terms of the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Act (PCA) 1960 and Rules thereunder
MANDATE AND ROLE OF ANIMAL WELFARE DIVISION
Role
Regulatory – Administration of the Act & Rules
Developmental – Implementation of Central Sector Schemes for animal
welfare through the Animal Welfare Board of India
Educational – Conduct training programmes through the National
Institute of Animal Welfare and humane education programmes through
the Board
CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS & FUNCTIONS
Article 48: The State shall endeavour to organise agriculture and animal
husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps
for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter, of
cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.
Article 48 A: The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the
environment and to safeguard the forests and wild life of the country
Article 51A makes it a fundamental duty of every citizen to protect and
improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild
life, and to have compassion for living creatures.
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act 1960
11 Rules pertaining to slaughter houses, transport of animals, birth control
(dogs), Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Breeding of and
Experiments on Animals, Licensing of Farriers, rules for Draught and Pack
Animals, registration of cattle premises, capture of animals, application of
fines…
BACKGROUND
Animal Welfare Division has remained part of various Ministries as
under:
S.
No.
Ministry Period
1. Ministry of Agriculture 1962-1990
2. Ministry of Environment and Forests 1990-1998
3. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment 1998-2001
4. Ministry of Culture October, 2001-March, 2002
5. Ministry of Statistics & Programme
Implementation
March, 2002-July, 2002
6. Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change
13.07.2002 to till date
THREE EXECUTIVE HEADS UNDER THE DIVISION
ANIMAL WELFARE DIVISION
AWBI CPCSEA NIAW
ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA (AWBI)
A statutory advisory body established in 1962 to promote
animal welfare in the country (u/S 4 of the PCA Act, 1960)
Board is constituted every three years (u/S 5)
Existing Board from Mar 2014 to Feb 2017; consists 22
members
Main activities of the Board:
Recognition provided to over 3000 animal welfare organizations
Release of grants-in-aid under various animal welfare schemes
Inspection of Slaughter Houses
Publication of newsletter and pamphlets
Conducting trainings of Honorary Animal Welfare Officers and seminars on various aspects of animal welfare
SCHEMES UNDER AWBI
1. Gaushalas/Shelter Houses Scheme for looking after
animals (one time up to Rs. 22.5 lakh/shelter) i.e. up to
90% of the project cost
2. Animal Birth Control & Immunization of Stray Dogs
(up to Rs. 445/dog)
3. Ambulance Scheme to provide Services to Animals in
Distress (up to Rs. 4.5 lakh/ambulance) i.e. up to 90% of
the project cost
4. Scheme for Relief To Animals During Natural
Calamities and Unforeseen Circumstances.
5. Plan Scheme (up to Rs. 5 lakh/year/shelter) depending
upon number of animals.
Established u/S 15(1) of the PCA Act 1960
Mandate: to take all measures to ensure that animals
are not subjected to unnecessary pains or
suffering before, during or after performance of
experiments on them
The present Committee consists of 23 members (10
officials and 13 non-officials)
The Committee approves research protocols of
experiments on animals
COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS
(CPCSEA)
S.
No. Animal Type of study
1 Horses Production of Anti Snake Venom Serum
Production of Hyper-immune plasma for rabies, tetanus, diphtheria
etc.
2 Monkeys Neurological and reproductive studies
3 Cattle/ Buffaloes
Nutrition studies
Genetic studies for genetic improvements
Study of veterinary medicines and veterinary vaccines and surgical
techniques
4 Dogs Drug discovery to know the effect of drug molecules in the body
5 Pigs Studies conducted for production of indigenous heart valves and
organ grafts
Hands on training in laparoscopic surgeries
Study of veterinary vaccines
6 Sheep/ Goat
Studies conducted for production of organ grafts
Nutritional studies, Study of veterinary medicines, veterinary
vaccines and surgical techniques
Approval of activities by CPCSEA
Registration of establishments conducting experiments on animals and
those engaged in breeding of laboratory animals
Constitution of Institutional Animals Ethics Committees in the
establishments which are registered
Approval of Animal House Facilities for Small and Large animals
Recommendation for import of animals for experimentations and
breeding
Scope of Operation:
a) To bring untapped Academic and Bio-medical Research organizations
in the country under the ambit of CPCSEA by registering them
b) Till date 1617 establishments are registered with CPCSEA and efforts
are being made to register the establishment which are not yet
registered
Other activities of CPCSEA
New initiatives of CPCSEA
• A dedicated website of CPCSEA as a step towards ‘Minimum
Government Maximum Governance’ and Digital India
Programme of Government of India (launched on ‘World
Laboratory Animals Day’ on 24 April 2015)
• Made the processes of registration and renewal of registration/
reconstitution of IAEC online
• Framing of the Guidelines for the Reuse and Rehabilitation of
Dogs
• Revisiting of the Guidelines on Animal Houses
• Release of sticker on Animal Welfare
National Institute of Animal Welfare (NIAW)
Foundation laid on 16 Jan 1999; became operational in 2006
Mandate:
To assist in implementing the statutory requirements of the Act
To aid in improvement of Animal Welfare through public
outreach, research and education
To run degree & diploma courses in Animal Welfare and create
professionally competent manpower to man zoos, municipality,
slaughter houses and veterinary hospitals
Only weekly/fortnightly certificate courses are being conducted so
far
Jawaharlal Nehru University has been identified to run Animal
Welfare courses at NIAW campus (MoA signed on 29.06.2016 for 5
years)
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285 318
674
18 27 22 36
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Trainings in NIAW
No. of Trainees No. of Trainings
(Training imparted to CPCSEA Nominee, HAWO, Veterinary Interns, Pharmacy
Students, AWBI nominated, WCCB volunteers, ZOO Keepers
ISSUES AT HAND
Jallikattu
Slaughter House
Elephants
Pet Shop Rules
Amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960
The fines prescribed in the Act are very meager
Demand for increasing the penalty to deter cruelty against
animals
Amendment will enhance penalty for infliction of unnecessary
pain or suffering on animals and enable participation of animals
at events held traditionally as a part of customs or culture in
different part of the country.
THANK YOU
